this might seem like an idiotic question, but it comes only because I was building a computer at 2am, against the do's and don'ts.

I'm using a E2200 and a XFX Nforce 610i, with just some cheapo kingston 667 ram. anyways in doing testing, I like an idiot had the mobo resting on the damned side pannel, forgetting its made of steel. i know, i know, idiotic.

So, it didnt post, because i'm sure it shorted. now, I'm out of thermal paste so I cannot re-test the board untill i get more, but do you think that the board is ruined? there are no marks indicating a stong short or any damage that can be seen by the eye, so.... am I in the clear, or in need of another mobo?

I had a mobo standoff sitting in the wrong place when I installed my nice new Asus Maximus Formular SE board.... needless to say it doesnt work for more than a day at a time, and every time I want to boot it I need to re-set the CMOS battery, uninstall the videocard then power it up, then down, and install the vide0card again. Dont even ask how long it took me to troubleshoot that one.....

I did the same thing before, I didnt install the mobo properly and it was touching the case, it took me 2 days to figure out what was wrong, after reinstalled the mobo everything worked fine as it should.. I could have just been lucky though.

No, I mean... I put the board in and there was a standoff where there was NOT a mounting hole. Basically, the Maximus uses 9 screws to secure it but the 680i that was installed before uses 10.... I forgot to remove one. And I feel so stupid.... It's such a nice board!